The Engadget – Bill Gates Interview

After giving an interview a few months back to influential gadget site Gizmodo, Gates is back this time with an interview for Peter Rojas of Engadget. Nice work Peter — and Bill, I think that your doing these kinds of interviews, your openness and transparency, and a willingness to engage the blogging community will pay you and Microsoft back in spades down the line.

Some of my favorite quotes:

On Xenon, the new Xbox: “were going to have this next generation machine out so that its going to be timed with high definition becoming very mainstream.”

On the Xbox and Media Center integration: “So the high-end scenario for us is youve got Media Center PC, thats where your state is, but then youve got your Xenon out that are connecting up to that. Xenon itself will have some neat capabilities, but were in pre-introduction here, and that group is brilliant about the unveiling. Theyve been very coy up til this point and I wouldnt want to steal any of their thunder.”

And as the teaser. Stay tuned for more on Media Center from Bill Gates tomorrow.